Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.

Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Reporting is pretty vital to me. It keeps me connected to the world. A 40-hour-per-week day job may be less feasible as time goes on.

I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway Culver of Hancock County, Georgia, had 42 slaves, 31 "employed in agriculture." Culver was my great-great-great grandfather. I carry this piece of paper with me every day because I don't want to forget. I don't know what to do with the information, but I don't want to forget it.